[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 possible critical height

[Joe Fitzgerald]

On 8/7/2011 9:44 AM, Giulio P. AOL wrote:
>   what could be the critical height (closest to the earth)  for the satellite, where the temperatures will degrade the operation?
>

By the time we see significant heating,  we only have 10's of hours left 
in orbit.   Take a look at the temperatures of RAFT on:

http://www.usna.edu/Users/aero/bruninga/craft/save-raft.html

You can't really see a clear temperature rise until about 2 days before 
reentry.



-Joe KM1P